PowerShell: Rename Files, Replace No-Break Space
Command to rename file, change no-break space to space, etc.
function xah-rename-badchars { # .DESCRIPTION # Rename each piped dir/file by replacing non-breaking space and other chars. # Must get arg from pipe. # .EXAMPLE # dir | xah-rename-badchars # .NOTES # Version: 2024-01-05 Process { if (-not $MyInvocation.ExpectingInput) { Write-Host "No pipeline received."; return ; } # NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE , NO-BREAK SPACE, COMMA, RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK $regex = "[ ,’]" if ($_.name -cmatch $regex ) { $newName = $_.name $newName = $newName -replace $regex, "_" Write-Host ("$_ → $newName") Rename-Item $_ $newName } } }